SSD write speeds for video rendering with Premiere Pro

[ygli]

I'm looking at putting together a solid system for video editing and have a specific question. (For context: I'm a total newbie at PC building etc. but am competent at researching things I'm looking into).

I am deciding between a Samsung 850 EVO SSD and the 960 series for the primary video storage drive. Samsung rates the 960 series at having write speeds about 6X the write-speeds of the 850s (3K-3.5K MB/s vs 500-540 MB/s). Rendering videos in Premiere Pro is a big productivity bottleneck for me and if going with the 960 SSD rather than the 850 for the increased write speeds will significantly shorten video rendering time I would seriously consider the additional investment.

So the question is, with a solid system (i7 8700K, 32 GB RAM...) how much of a real-world difference can I expect in terms of video rendering time using Premiere Pro between using an SSD with 3.2K MB/s write speed vs an SSD with a 540 MB/s write speed?
Will the actual render time be cut down by 5/6, or will Premiere Pro not really make the most of that additional write-speed in which case the difference between them not be significant enough to justify the extra spend?

Thank you all for your time and insight!

 

[vapour]

yes, get 960 EVO, for the writing part, you will see 1/5 of the time if CPU is not bottlenecking, which 8700k shouldn't.

Also adding more SSDs to help with caching will improve speed as well. A good read: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-4-Storage-Optimization-854/

 

[ygli]

Thank you SO much!